Host-parasitoid dynamics and the success of biological control when parasitoids are prone to allee effects.

In sexual organisms, low population density can result in mating failures and subsequently yields a low population growth rate and high chance of extinction. For species that are in tight interaction, as in host-parasitoid systems, population dynamics are primarily constrained by demographic interde...

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Main Authors: Anaïs Bompard, Isabelle Amat, Xavier Fauvergue, Thierry Spataro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3792096?pdf=render